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Thanks it really work . Recommend

Place the breaker bar handle near the base of the battery and turn the engine over. Easiest way.

Can't you just put the engine in gear with hand brake on?

Trying mine, but just keeps turning then belt let's go

Wow. Life saver.

I heard of other “hacks” but this one appears the safest. 100% more trustworthy from an Aussie. Well done mate

Thank you very much mate.

Wouldnt call it flimsy. Its light but plays important role in tying the front suspension together. Sure structurally it may not take any stresses but i would say having a light weight U shaped beam tying the key suspension and body together adds rigidity and longevity. GD chassis is known for being very rigid and the chassis is a whole system that supports itself. The bolt locations may not shift over time without the beam but I’d be willing to bet over a long time those suspension points could permanently be flexed out of wack

I think it's designed for many small random reasons. frankly subaru maybe have added this as jack points and/or damage prevention and/or stability. I noticed that without the under tray the window pushes the car around easily on the highway so small twicks like the subframe are deliberately designed for many random reasons

Okay. Got my bolt out. Belt as a strap wrench works great. I found it safer to use the mounting point for the ac idler pulley bracket as the belt hook rather than the alternator

Neat trick. Used this technique this morning.

Oh man. I wish a seen this yesterday

Work straight away! Amazing hack.

I'm not willing to sacrifice my belt. Seems like it will cause wear and cracking later on in the pinch point. Otherwise with a sacrifice belt this might work!

Good way to damage the alternator and there’s also a chance of messing up the bushings in that damper

It definitely is steel, mine is almost completely rusted away on my 03 wagon. About to remove the three pieces left of it.

Mine has a lot of rust you think it would be a good idea to change it ?

Best way to remove crank shaft pulley, on passenger side by firewall on the top of the engine there is a plastic cap, remove cap and you will have access to flywheel, wedge a big screw driver on one of the bolts holding the flywheel turn crank pulley until crank locks up. Same for install.

Mine was cracked and when turning the wheel while stationary, in low-speed turns and over speed bumps it would make a loud clicking sound. Took ages to diagnosis as it sounded like it could have been multiple things like the tie ends, the calliper, the strut, the ball joints… (I even replaced the steering rack after the first misdiagnosis). The crack was only discovered on a drive-on hoist whilst under load (the crack would close with the wheels off the ground). The point is; it was clicking because the subframe was flexing at the crack. This means that the subframe is absorbing all kinds of lateral forces, all the time, even at low speed. It adds rigidity and handling to the front end. Take it off, I would not.

The pulley is just sliding around the belt it won’t tighten to the belt

Does nothing 😅

Yes! I've broken the damn pulley wrench, I could see this getting a nice grip on that pulley, exactly what needed, going to try this tonight.

Awesome belt trick

Pretty sure some STI models didn't come with them

Umm, that’s not removing the pulley That’s just the bolt you dolt

Mine was rotted through its definitely steel. unnecessary on a daily car like mine. I noticed no difference at all with it on and off, only took it off because of the hole in it and under braking it would move slightly creating an awful sound

Woah, I can't believe how easily that came up!

It pulls . The engine and transmission downwards in a head on crash. I took mine off its junk.

I've got an 03 track car and I've removed it. The GC chassis didn't have it, and with sway bar, strut tower and cage the front end is super rigid anyway and I've only crashed it twice.

Great video.. very helpful.. thanks mate!!;)

That brace is steel and for force distribution in front end collisions. Not much for rigidity. I replaced mine with the Oswald Performance underbrace to save weight and increase rigidity...while acknowledging a small expense in affecting the car's original safety engineering. Personally, I wouldn't just remove it for safety's sake. Replacing it with a more rigid piece is within reason though.

Let's think about it like this for a second, The number of companies that manufacture and sell those tower strut braces leads me to believe that there is something to that, that being chassis flex. Mounting antisway bars to your car then removing this subframe would counter those improvements to my way of thinking, you did say it bolts up to ten points.

So what do you think do I really need it because I really don’t see the need for it

I cannot see why this would even be a debate tbh. Seems like weight reduction gone mad.

My subframe just cracked in my 2002 Impreza. Should I replace it or should I ditch the car?

I used to think removing it didn’t matter. But really I would say this offers structure rigidity to the front of the car. The loss of strength isn’t worth the weight saved by this. Good video